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Something Is Rotten In The State Of Pledge

Something Is Rotten In The State Of Pledge

Posted by | Jan 28, 2019 | , |

PledgeMusic has been one of the most popular crowd-funding platforms for musicians for almost a decade: indeed, it is the model on which most similar funding mechanisms are built. It has allowed thousands of fans to support thousands of their favourite bands by doing exactly what the name suggests – pledging money directly to the funding of the music they love. Over the years, it is reckoned that the platform has generated more than £100 million in income for some 50,000 plus projects.

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Evil Scarecrow/Ten Foot Wizard – Southampton, Engine Rooms – 24 January 2019

Evil Scarecrow/Ten Foot Wizard – Southampton, Engine Rooms – 24 January 2019

Posted by | Jan 27, 2019 | , |

An industrial estate in the Southampton docks isn’t normally the place you’d find people milling around on a cold January night. The temperature is low enough to freeze the heritage off the hound but even so, a decent number of people have gathered at the Engine Rooms for a few hours of good time party metal. The atmosphere is relaxed and easy going and by the time the final notes ring out just before eleven, there are beaming faces everywhere. Evil Scarecrow might not be the coolest band in the world but for one chilly winter evening, they brought the songs and the laughs in equal measure.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – HANDS OFF GRETEL

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – HANDS OFF GRETEL

Posted by | Jan 27, 2019 | , , |

It has to be admitted, we are huge – no, make that HUGE – fans of Hands Off Gretel here at ÜRHQ. So, when we heard they were dropping a new single, complete with an accompanying visual treatment, then it was virtually a no brainer that it was going straight to the top of our list of contenders for our latest ‘Video Of The Week’. And, to be honest, in terms of pure, in your face straight ahead r’n’f’n’r, they led the field by a country mile.

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Greta Van Fleet: Wave Of The Future or Marmite Band In A Nostalgia Niche?

Greta Van Fleet: Wave Of The Future or Marmite Band In A Nostalgia Niche?

Posted by | Jan 26, 2019 | , |

The stars appeared to magically align over January 2019 favoring a band of merry elfin musicians from the tiny town of Frankenmuth, Michigan. They appeared on Saturday Night Live on the 19th of the month and were featured in Rolling Stone the morning of the same day. Some would herald it as an arrival. Online research afterward revealed to our Canadian correspondent that it is just one step on a rapid, steady ascendance towards prominence out of nowhere for a band that are splitting fans right down the middle…

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